James Drogan

In this morning's scan of the blogroll comes Dave  Pollard's post, The World's Ten Most Intractable Problems.

It attracts my attention because 1.) it identifies a problem (opportunity?) list that is somewhat congruent with issues I have addressed in droganbloggin. and 2.) begins to suggest how to approach resolution of these issues.

However, Pollard may have left out the most critical issue of all -- change of the human heart.  Machiavelli, in The Prince (1513), reminds us:

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.”